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Water Bus in Tigre, Buenos Aires

Water taxis parked at Labadie beach, Haiti

Water Taxis, Cowes, Isle of Wight

Water bus in Cardiff

Water taxi meets water bus in Rotterdam

Water bus in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Water taxi in Auckland

A pair of water taxis operating on the waterfront of Boston

A water taxi operating on the waterfront in Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Island of Santa Cruz.

Water bus in Bristol Harbour

Abra in Dubai

New York Water Taxi

Tokyo Water bus

A water taxi or a water bus, also known as a sightseeing boat, is a watercraft used to provide public or private transport, usually, but not always, in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or on demand to many locations, operating in a similar manner to a taxi. A boat service shuttling between two points would normally be described as a ferry rather than a water bus or taxi.

The term water taxi is usually confined to a boat operating on demand, and water bus to a boat operating on a schedule. In North American usage, the terms are roughly synonymous.

The earliest water taxi service was recorded as operating around the area that became Manchester, United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

Locations

Cities and other places operating water buses and/or taxis include:

• Alexandria, Virginia


• Amsterdam


• Astana


• 
  Auckland^[1]
  


• 
  Baltimore
  
  • 
    Baltimore Water Taxi^[2]
    
  
  


• 
  Bangkok
  
  
  
  • Chao Phraya Express Boat
  
  
  • Khlong Saen Saep boat service
  
  
  
  


• 
  Bordeaux
  
  • Boats BatCub^[3]
    
  
  


• 
  Boston^[4]
  


• 
  Bratislava
  
  • Bratislava Propeler ^[5][6]
    
  
  


• Bremen


• 
  Brisbane
  
  
  
  • CityCat
  
  
  • CityFerry
  
  
  
  


• 
  Bristol
  
  • Bristol Ferry Boats
  
  


• Brunei


• Bucharest


• Budapest


• 
  Buenos Aires, Tigre
  


• 
  Bydgoszcz, Poland
  


• 
  Cardiff
  
  • Cardiff Waterbus
  
  


• 
  Cap-Haïtien, Haiti (at Labadee beach)


• Cape Town


• Caye Caulker


• 
  Charleston^[7]
  


• Chicago


• 
  Copenhagen
  
  • Copenhagen Harbour Buses
  
  


• 
  Davao City
  
  • Davao water taxi service
  
  


• 
  Dhaka
  
  
  
  • 
    Buriganga River water bus
  
  
  • 
    Hatirjheel water taxi
  
  
  
  


• 
  Dubai
  
  
  
  • Abras
  
  
  • 
    RTA water taxis (recently introduced)
  
  
  
  


• 
  Erie, Pennsylvania
  
  • Presque Isle Water Taxi
  
  


• Fort Lauderdale


• Galápagos Islands


• 
  Gothenburg
  
  
  
  • Älvsnabben ferry
  
  
  • Paddan^[8]
    
  
  
  
  


• 
  Guangzhou, China
  


• Halifax Regional Municipality


• 
  Hamburg
  
  • HADAG
  
  


• Helsinki


• Ho Chi Minh City


• 
  Hong Kong: Cheung Chau, Chi Ma Wan, Peng Chau, Silvermine Bay
  
  • New World First Ferry
  
  


• 
  Istanbul^[9]
  


• 
  Jacksonville, Florida
  
  • Jacksonville Water Taxi
  
  


• Karachi


• Kobe


• Kochi


• 
  Kragerø and surrounding area, Norway


• 
  Kristiansund, Norway


• 
  Lake Ozark, Missouri^[10]
  


• 
  Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona
  


• Leeds


• Lisbon


• 
  London
  
  
  
  • London River Services
  
  
  • Thames Clippers
  
  
  
  


• 
  Long Beach, California
  
  • Long Beach Transit
  
  


• 
  Malta
  
  • Dghajsa
  
  


• 
  Manila
  
  • Pasig River Ferry Service
  
  


• 
  Moscow (River tram^[11])


• 
  Mumbai (Catamarans and ferries)


• 
  Nantes
  
  • Navibus
  
  


• National Harbor, Maryland


• 
  New York City
  
  
  
  • Liberty Water Taxi
  
  
  • New York Water Taxi
  
  
  • NYC Ferry
  
  
  • New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  
  
  
  

  Mississippi River from mouth to Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  Belle Chasse Marine, Port Ship Service, Crescent Ship Service 

  and Weber Marine.

• 
  New Zealand^[12]
  


• Niigata


• 
  Oklahoma City^[13]
  


• Orlando, Florida


• 
  Osaka
  
  • Osaka Suijō Bus
  
  


• 
  Oslo
  
  
  
  • NBDS
  
  
  • 
    Oslo-Fergene^[14]
    
  
  
  
  


• Panama


• 
  Paris
  
  • Voguéo
  
  


• Pittsburgh


• Plymouth


• Portland, Maine


• 
  Potsdam, Germany^[15]
  


• 
  Quad Cities, Illinois/Iowa^[16]
  


• 
  Rotterdam/Dordrecht^[17]
  


• Sacramento


• 
  Saint Petersburg
  
  • Aquabus^[18]
    
  
  


• 
  Seattle
  
  • King County Water Taxi
  
  


• 
  Seoul^[19]
  


• 
  Sha Lo Wan, Tai O, Tuen Mun, Tung Chung (Urmston Road, Hong Kong)


• Shizuoka


• 
  Singapore (Singapore River)


• 
  Spalding (River Welland)


• 
  Stockholm^[20]
  


• Sydney


• 
  Tallinn^[21]
  


• 
  Tampa^[22]
  


• The Woodlands, Texas


• Timișoara


• 
  Tokyo
  
  
  
  • Tokyo Cruise Ship
  
  
  • Tokyo Mizube Line
  
  
  
  


• 
  Toronto
  
  • Toronto water taxis
  
  


• 
  Trinidad
  
  • 
    Water Taxi Service, Port of Spain to San Fernando – service implemented in December 2008
  
  


• 
  Vancouver
  
  
  
  • The Aquabus
  
  
  • Coastal Link Ferries
  
  
  • English Bay Launch
  
  
  • False Creek Ferries
  
  
  • 
    Granville Island Water Taxi Services (defunct)
  
  
  • SeaBus
  
  
  
  


• 
  Venice
  
  

  
  

  Water taxi near the train station on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy

  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Gondola
  
  
  • Vaporetto
  
  
  
  


• 
  Victoria, British Columbia
  
  • 
    Victoria Harbour^[23]
    
  
  


• 
  Walt Disney World^[24]
  


• 
  Wellington
  
  • Ferries in Wellington
  
  


• Winnipeg


• 
  Xochimilco, Mexico City
  
  • Chalupa
  
  


• 
  Yokohama
  
  
  
  • Keihin Ferry Boat
  
  
  • The Port Service
  
  
  
  

On demand water taxis are also commonly found in marinas, harbours and cottage areas, providing access to boats and waterfront properties that are not directly accessible by land.

Incidents

On March 6, 2004, a water taxi on the Seaport Taxi service operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation capsized during a storm on the Patapsco River, near Baltimore's Inner Harbor. A total of five passengers died in the accident, which the National Transportation Safety Board determined was caused by insufficient stability when the small pontoon-style vessel encountered strong winds and waves. The company no longer operates water taxi vessels in Baltimore harbor.^[25]

See also

• Duffy-Herreshoff watertaxi


• 
  Ferry, including hydrofoil, catamaran and hovercraft
  


• Klotok


• 
  Moskvitch-class motorship - Soviet "water tramway"


• Pleasure barge


• Rower woman


• Ship's tender

References

External links

• 
  Media related to Water taxis at Wikimedia Commons